How To Build A Retaining Wall With Concrete Blocks Video
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How to build a retaining wall with concrete blocks video. Face the whole thing with bricks tied with wall ties. Apply a consistent 18 to 14 inch coat of QUIKWALL to both sides of the block. Jeds 14 Nov 2014.
Build a heavy backing from blocks laid flat 215mm walling for about half the height and then revert to 100mm blocks on edge. The simplest cheapest back-friendliest retaining wall in history. You are going to want to make the base around 46 inches 102152 cm depending the height of your wall.
Tie a string to a stake at the walls desired height. You either need careful design to prevent overturning or heavy mass. Drive long wooden stakes into the ground at each end.
Step 9 Cure the entire surface with a fine water mist. Also make sure the base block is at least one inch below the surface to ensure the gravel base wont wash out underneath. The interlocking retaining wall block can be stacked to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
Use a square finishing trowel held at a 45 degree angle and work from the bottom of the wall to the top covering the entire surface of the wall. Construction is fast and. If the distance is greater than 8 drive additional stakes so that the gaps do not exceed 8.
How to Build a Concrete Wall Figure A. Bricks can be laid in two skins which can be held together by mesh or built as a 225mm thick wall as shown in the laying bricks project. Also you want to make sure that your base is wide enough so that your block will sit completely on the base.